penetrable
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈpɛnətɹəbəl/
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ˈpɛnətɹəbəl
Adjective
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
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On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking.
Capable of being fully understood.
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A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all.
A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain.
Adjective
admitting of penetration or passage into or through
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a penetrable wall
penetrable defenses
capable of being penetrated
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penetrable defenses
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